Kicking back in jeans and lumberjack shirt in a suite at New York’s hip Thompson Lower East Side, Beyoncé looks more like someone’s best mate than the international megastar of music and movies that she really is. Maybe that’s because we’re speaking to Beyoncé today and not Sasha. All will become clear…!

Year of the Gentleman
Ne-Yo
Find out when Ne-Yo is performing at a city near you Ne-Yo UK tour dates

Watch the KISS100 Video

Top station Kiss 100 was started by a group of musicians, DJs and listeners who all wanted to create something new in radio, to reflect their passion for music and the way they lived their lives. Things haven’t changed and Kiss today is still run by a group of people who are passionate about the radio they create. Xcel’s Editor, Emma Salt, stopped by at the Kiss Academy to meet the team...

Damien O'Brien does both

Watch Damien trick Akon and Nelly
With his urban look and ability to spellbind the most cynical of sceptics, 24-year-old Damien O’Brien is heading up the UK’s new generation of magician. Xcel’s Emily Crane caught up with the South London lad to larn more about this curious career and find out why he leaves his white rabbit at home.

To label N-Dubz as am underground phenonmenon is almost an inderstatement. Not since 'So Solid Crew' has a group captured the consciousness of youth quite so quickly, or so cleverly. With their debut album 'Uncle B' now finally on the table, Xcel caught up with Dappy to uncover the highs and lows of the
N-Dubz journey.

Press Consultant
Jessica
Huie
If you fancy a career in media and like networking then maybe Public Relations is for you! Jessica Huie, press consultant for Max Clifford’s Associates, reveals the highs and lows of working at the top end of PR and how she landed the role at one of the Top PR companies in the UK